£216k
The Ex-Bruce McLaren Briggs Cunningham Team Sebring 3-Hours winning, 1961 Fiat-Abarth 1000 Bialbero Competition Coupe Chassis no. 1128948 Engine no. 229/235
Bonhams • US • 13 Aug 2010
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£215,967
The Ex-Bruce McLaren Briggs Cunningham Team Sebring 3-Hours winning, 1961 Fiat-Abarth 1000 Bialbero Competition Coupe Chassis no. 1128948 Engine no. 229/235
US • 13 Aug 2010
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AI Listing Summary
This 1961 Fiat-Abarth 1000 Bialbero Competition Coupe, chassis number 1128948, is an exceptional piece of racing history. It was famously driven by Bruce McLaren to victory at the 1961 Sebring 3-Hours race as part of the Briggs Cunningham team, and later finished fourth at the Bridgehampton 400Kms race with Walt Hansgen.
Condition
9
The car was painstakingly restored by respected specialist Nino Epifani and won its class at Pebble Beach in 2002. The car remains in concours condition today as it continues to garner the winners laurels at various events.
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1128948
1961
Auction
LHD
United States
£216k
The Ex-Bruce McLaren Briggs Cunningham Team Sebring 3-Hours winning, 1961 Fiat-Abarth 1000 Bialbero Competition Coupe Chassis no. 1128948 Engine no. 229/235
Bonhams • US • 13 Aug 2010
Market Position:
Highest 10% of Past Sales
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Description
This exquisitely well presented and historically important Fiat-Abarth Bialbero (‘Twin camshaft’) is the car in which the legendary New Zealand racing driver, Bruce McLaren, won the 1961 Sebring 3-Hours race for up-to-1-liter Grand Touring cars.
The car was prepared and entered for the race by Briggs Cunningham’s iconic American racing team.
It is one of three sister Fiat-Abarth Bialberos delivered to the Cunningham Team in February 1962.
The individual chassis numbers of these three 1000GT models were 1127998, 1128948 and 1127862.
They were entrusted to Alfred Momo’s well-known Momo Corporation workshops for preparation prior to entry in the Sebring 3-Hours race on March 23, 1962.
This was the opening race of that year’s FIA Grand Touring Car Manufacturers’ World Championship, and the three Cunningham-entered Fiat-Abarths were to be driven by Bruce McLaren, Walt Hansgen and Roger Penske.
Bruce won in this car bearing race number ‘8’ after a hard-fought battle with none other tha...
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